Gary Woodland talks to reporters after he birdied his last two holes making him the leader at 11-under for the second round of competition at the Knoxville News Sentinel Open on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 at Fox Den Country Club.

OK, if you're a famous golfer and you wear orange and white checkerboard pants at a golf tournament in Knoxville, Tennessee, you're going to attract some fans, even if you're an avowed Arkansas fan.

But the Vol fashion didn't help the golf game of John Daly, who fell down the leaderboard on Friday.

It's Kansas Jayhawk Gary Woodland atop the leaderboard after Round 2 of the Knoxville News Sentinel Open at Fox Den Country Club.

The Topeka, Kan., newspaper is following the play of Woodland, a Topeka native, closely.

Woodland's showing so far in the Knoxville Open is a strong comeback from surgery this month a year ago. He cut short his rookie season on the PGA Tour in July 2009 because of a shoulder injury. He learned he had a torn labrum in his shoulder. Surgery was required to remove bone spurs and bursa and for the installation of anchors. The operation was done a year ago by famed surgeon Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala., and lasted almost two hours.

He wasn't cleared to swing a driver until late January and didn't return to tour play until March.